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for purposes of identification on my first visit to the rakh and the curious 

 arrangement of the rictal bristles left the identity of the species out of 

 question. The rakh in question was the only locality round Lahore where 

 I met with the species. 



A. J. OUKRIE. 

 Rangoon, December 1915. 



No. IX.— THE OCCURRENCE OF THE GREEN MUNIA 

 {STICTOSPIZA FORMOSA) AT LAHORE. 



The Fauna gives the northern and western limits of this species, respec- 

 tively, as Jhansi and Mount Abu, so its occurrence at Lahore is an extension 

 of its range. Though I cannot say for certain that it does not occur at 

 other times of the year, I have only seen it at Lahore in August when it 

 breeds and it is very possibly one ot those species which is only found there 

 during the monsoon. I have only found its nest in the Lawrence Gardens 

 on the 24th and 28th August, in evergreens, one nest being situated in a 

 small fir tree, and the other four I found being so far as I can remember 

 all in the same tree, a prickly evergreen {Aureicola) which grew close to 

 the band-stand but has since I think been cut down. Six eggs appear to 

 be the full clutch as I found this number on two occasions. 



A. J. CURRIE. 

 Rangoon, December 191-'5. 



No. X.— NOTES ON THE PUNJAB CUCKOOS ( CUCULINM). 



There are seven species of the sub-family Cuculince found in the Punjab, 

 and I give below a few notes on what I have been able to observe concern- 

 ing each. 



1104. The Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus). — I have shot several specimens of 

 this Cuckoo at Lahore in September and have both seen and heard it as 

 early as the 16th July, while 1 have seen and heard it at Gujranwala (30 

 miles north-west of Lahore) on the 7th April, so it would appear to pass 

 through Lahore on both migrations though not so plentifully in the spring. 

 I have also come across it at Abbottabad (4,000 feet) in the middle of May 

 and found it extremely plentiful at Malikpur in the Gurdaspur District at 

 the end of Jvily. T saw a few individuals at Gurdaspur in August. It of 

 course breeds all along the Himalayas and I have found its egg in the 

 nest of the Indian Blue Chat, and the Streaked Himalayan Laughing- 

 Thrush at Dunga Gali in June. The egg in the Chat's nests, which had 

 young, was addled and was a uniform pale blue while the egg in the Thrush's 

 nest was pale blue very faintly blotched with purple round the larger end. 



1105. The Himalayan Cuckoo ( Cuculus sattiratus). — I shot a Cuckoo at 

 Lahore in September which was considerably smaller than C. canorus and 

 very dark above with a stouter bill, which I attributed at the time to 

 C. canorus but which I now think may have been the present species. 

 However I have not now got the skin for reference. This Cuckoo also 

 breeds in the Himalayas and I have found its egg in the nest of the 

 Large Crowned Willow-Warbler (A. occipitalis) and the Large billed Willow- 

 Warbler {A. mafjnirostris) . 



In both cases the nests contained 3 fresh eggs in addition to the Cuckoo's 

 egg on 29th and 24th June, respectively. The Cuckoo's eggs, which were 



